Metacat

#!/bin/bash

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# Create dictionary files of five letter words with every possible combination

# of letters.  Each file is named dictionary-X.txt where X is each letter of

# the alphabet and the file holds all possible words that start with that

# letter.

#

# 6 April 2009 Michael Daigle (daigle@nceas.ucsb.edu)

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ltr=(a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z)

> ./dictionary2.txt

for i in {0..25}

do

	for j in {0..25}

	do

		for k in {0..25}

		do

			for l in {0..25}

			do

				for m in {0..25}

				do

					echo ${ltr[$i]}${ltr[$j]}${ltr[$k]}${ltr[$l]}${ltr[$m]} >> ./dictionary-${ltr[$i]}.txt

				done

			done

		done

	done

done